Can API with amide should considered a potential candidate for forming nitrosamine impurity

I want to add to the link to my post(Strategy to Assess and Control Nitrosamine Formation in API during Storage: A Sitagliptin Case Study). As it may be rare case, residual secondary amine(LT 100ppb) in Sitagliptin Hydrochloride Monohydrate caused nitrosamine formation in storage due to NOx gass in the air.

Besides, I classified 161 Nitrosamines in EMA Appendix 1 by structure, 5% was from Tertiary amides.

Nitrosamines with CPCA cat.1 and 2 derived from amides may be concerning in some cases.

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